USS Sterett (DDG-104)
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| Career (US) |  |
|---|---|
| Name: | USS Sterett |
| Namesake: | Andrew Sterett |
| Ordered: | 13 September 2002 |
| Builder: | Bath Iron Works |
| Laid down: | 17 November 2005 |
| Launched: | 19 May 2007 |
| Commissioned: | 9 August 2008 |
| Homeport: | Naval Base San Diego |
| Motto: | "Forever Dauntless" |
| Status: | in active service, as of 2012[update] |
| Badge: |  |
| General characteristics | |
| Class and type: | Arleigh Burke class destroyer |
| Displacement: | 6,600 tons light, 9,200 tons full, 2,600 tons dead |
| Length: | 509 ft 6 in (155.3 m) overall, 471 ft (143.6 m) waterline |
| Beam: | 66 ft (20.1 m) extreme, 59 ft (18 m) waterline |
| Draft: | 31 ft (9.4 m) maximum, 22 ft (6.7 m) limit |
| Propulsion: | 4 × General Electric LM2500-30 gas turbines, 2 shafts, 100,000 shp (75 MW) |
| Speed: | 30+ knots (55+ km/h) designed |
| Complement: | 32 officers, 348 enlisted |
| Armament: | 1 × 32 cell 1 × 64 cell Mk 41 vertical launch systems 96 × RIM-66 SM-2 BGM-109 Tomahawk or RUM-139 VL-Asroc missiles 1 × 5/62 in (127/62 mm) 2 × 25 mm 4 × 12.7 mm guns 2 × Mk 46 triple torpedo tubes |
| Aircraft carried: | 2 × SH-60 Sea Hawk helicopters |
USS Sterett (DDG-104), an Arleigh Burke-class destroyer, is the fourth ship of the United States Navy to be named in honor of Andrew Sterett, a naval officer who served during the Quasi-War and the Barbary Wars.
The contract to build her was awarded to Bath Iron Works Corporation in Bath, Maine on 13 September 2002. On 17 November 2005, her keel was laid down.
She was christened on 19 May 2007. The ship's sponsor was Michelle Sterett Bernson, a familial descendant of Andrew Sterett, who himself had no children.
Her commissioning took place in Baltimore, Maryland, Andrew Sterett's birthplace, on 9 August 2008. The ship's home port is Naval Base San Diego.[1]
The ship was attacked without warning by Somali pirates using rocket-propelled grenades on February 22, 2011, during negotiations with the pirates for the release of four U.S. hostages, who were eventually killed. [2]
[edit] References
- ^ Lhee, Euna, "USS Sterett Unveiled, Set To Sail", Baltimore Sun, 10 August 2008.
- ^ http://www.reuters.com/article/2011/02/22/us-somalia-pirates-usa-idUSTRE71L3JP20110222
- This article includes information collected from the Naval Vessel Register, which, as a U.S. government publication, is in the public domain. The entry can be found here.
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